Journal box



June 17, 1924. 1,491,873

P. PRICE JOURNAL BOX Filed June 13. 1922 ZSheets-Sheet 1 June 17 1924. 1,497,873

P. PRICE I JOURNAL B DX Filed June 13 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 "W I QM. mil umm 7v I munfoz v, 70 P. Pruce Patented June 17, 1924;

U it STATES PTENT OFFICE.

PETER PRICE, OF HERNDON, WEST VIRGINIA.

JOURNAL BOX.

Application filed June 13, 1922. Serial No. 568,012. I

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, PETER Pnion, citizen of the United States, residing at Herndon,

vide a journal box wherein the crown brass employed will be so formed that prolonged wear of the brass will be realized.

A further ob ect of the invention s to pro-- vide a journal box wherein the brass may be readily removed at the outer end of the box body.

Another object of the invention'is to provide a journal box having a removable door and wherein the door will normally be locked closed.

And the invention has as a still further object, in this connection, to provide a journal box wherein possibility of accidental loss of the door will be reduced to a mini mum. 7

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved journal box showing the door re moved,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 8, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the journal box, and

Figure at is a horizontal sectional view on the line ll of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

In carrying the invention into effect, 1 cmploy a box body 10 provided in its inner end wall with elongated openings 11 to accommodate a car axle, conventionally shown at 12, the axle journal being indicated at 13. Also, the inner end wall of the box body is recessed in the usual manner to receive a dust guard It. At its outer end, the box body is provided with a door opening 15 and formed on the side walls of the box body to extend horizontally therein, is a pair of oppositely disposed flanges or shoulders 16 reinforced at points midway between their ends by vertical bracing ribs 17. Above. the flanges 11' the side walls of the box body are thickened and are thus formed with sloping inner faces 18 converging upwardly to the top wall of the box body to define acrown brass cavity and mounted in said cavity is a crown brass '19 resting upon the, flanges 16. This crown brass-is shaped to lit the cavity, beingprovided with beveled side faces to confront the sloping faces 18 ofthe cavity so that said faces will coact for sustaining a portion of the load upon the brass. At its upper side, the brass seats flat against the top wall of the box body while at its lower side the brass is recessed medially to fit the journal 13 of the axle l2. As will be observed, the crown brass is, comparatively speaking, wider and thicker than conventional brasses as nowin common use 7 and unlike ordinary brasses, 15 not cut away 7 or channeled at its upper side, so that the brass will, accordingly, give corresponding- 1y increased service. By dropping the axle 12, the brass may be shifted outwardly and removed from the box body through the door opening 15 so that the brass may thus be readily renewed at any time.

Upstanding from the top wall of the box body near its outer end, is a lug 20, at opposite sides of which are provided openings 21 through said wall, and formed on the side walls of the box body at opposite sides of thedoor opening 15 are retaining flanges 22, tilted rearwardly toward their upper ends. As particularly brought out in Figure 4, these flanges are undercut and also con verge toward their lower ends. Normally closing the door opening 15 is a door 23 adapted to overlie the door opening seating flat against the box body. This door is provided with beveledside edges to engage beneath the flanges 22 and is tapered toward its lower end to wedge between said flanges. At its upper end, the door is formed with an overhanging reinforcing rib 24 and extending rearwardly from the upper end of the door are spaced ears 25v straddling the lug 20 of the box body. Depending from said ears are triangular shaped lugs 26 extending through the openings 21 in the top wall of the box body and removably fitting through the cars 25 and through the lug 20 is a cotter pin 27f locking the door against opening movement. Thus, this pin will serve to secure the door wedged between the flanges 22 tightly held by said flanges against the box body closing the door opening 15. However, by removing the cotter pin, the door may be readily displaced to permit removal of the crown brass or for the introduction of oil into the journal box. Furthermore, attention is directed to the fact that should the cotter pin become accidentally displaced, the door will, nevertheless, gravitate to wedge between the door retaining flanges for preventing, under ordinary circumstances, the accidental loss of the door. As shown in Figure 2, the lugs 26 depend in front of the crown brass to coact therewith for limiting the brass against outward movement within the box body while said lugs will also coact with the brass for holding the box body against inward movement with respect to the axle so that the boxbody will thus be prevented from coming in contact with the hubof the adjacent wheel upon the axle.

'H'avin'g thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

-1.-*A journal box including a box body having :1 lug risingfrom the top wall thereof, a door closing the box body and provided with spaced ears straddling said lug. and means extending through the ears and said lug locking the door against upward displacement.

25A journal box including a box body having a lu rising from the top wall thereof, said wal being formed with openings at opposite sides of said lug, and a door closing the box body and provided with ears straddling said lug, the ears being formed with lugs engagin in said openings, and means extending t rough the first lug and said ears securing the door against upward displacement.

3. A journal box including a box body, a-crown brass therein, a door normally closing the box body and provided with means extending through a wall of the box body locking the crown brass against endwise movement, and means engaging said first mentioned means locking the door against upward displacement.

4. A journal box including a boxrbody, a crown brass therein, a door normally closing the box body and provided with an ear overhanging the box body, a lug on said ear projecting through a Wall'of the box body locking the crown brass against endwise movement, and means extending through said ear locking the door against upward displacement.

I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PETER PRICE. [L8,] 

